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Arsenal's Danny Welbeck's 95th-minute Leicester winner tops Twitter list

Danny Welbeck celebrates scoring Arsenal's late winner
Image: King of Twitter: Danny Welbeck scored a dramatic winner against Leicester in February

Danny Welbeck's 95th-minute winner for Arsenal against Leicester in February was the most talked about moment of the Barclays Premier League title race on Twitter.

The goal, which gave Arsenal a 2-1 victory and appeared a crucial result at the time, attracted 51,000 tweets per minute.

Leicester's fairytale season has captured the imagination of sports fans around the world and 33,000 tweets a minute were sent when Jamie Vardy broke the Premier League record in November by scoring in an 11th consecutive game.

The Foxes, who can clinch the title with victory over Manchester United on Sunday, have produced stunning results all season and the third most tweeted about moment came when Robert Huth put them 3-0 up at Manchester City in February.

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Arsenal forward Danny Welbeck scored this dramatic 95th minute winner against Leicester in February

Tottenham's dogged pursuit looks set to end in failure but for Spurs there will be the considerable consolation of Champions League football next season.

They are also poised to finish ahead of rivals Arsenal, and 28,000 tweets per minute were sent when Harry Kane put Tottenham 2-1 ahead against the Gunners in March in a game which eventually ended 2-2.

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Jamie Vardy scored for a record-breaking 11th consecutive Premier League game against Manchester United drew

The north London derby features four times on Twitter's list of the 15 most popular moments of the battle between Leicester and Spurs.

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Goals from Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey in that game are numbers eight and nine, while a rare goal from Kieran Gibbs to earn Arsenal a 1-1 draw in November attracted 20,000 tweets per minute, making it the 11th most talked about moment.

Kieran Gibbs celebrates scoring Arsenal's equalising goal against Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium on November 8, 2015
Image: Kieran Gibbs celebrates scoring Arsenal's equalising goal against Tottenham in November

But 10 of the 15 moments came during Leicester games, with the Foxes' exploits continually getting football fans talking.

Vardy was the most talked about player, featuring in four of the top 15 moments, while Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez made the list twice with goals against Manchester City and Chelsea.

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